Dec 6, 2025
Lockheed Martin reviews about "manager"
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5.0
Oct 2, 2025
Say yes to Lockheed Martin
Current employee, more than 1 year
Fort Worth, TX
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Pros
Amazing company, the culture there is unlike any other, everyone is supportive, helpful in learning on the job, my co-workers and managers are awesome. Work is flexible, and time off as well.
Cons
Things could differ depending on the team you work with.
5.0
Nov 16, 2025
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Pros
Ownership of products and real high-impact projects, even while still in school. Flexible schedule and understanding managers.
Cons
Nothing huge. Occasionally work late to support projects if needed, but normally schedule is flexible with school.
4.0
Dec 17, 2025
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There's always something to do so the day is never dull. I've had fantastic managers that are truly there to help you succeed. Pay is great.
Cons
Not any cons I can think of
5.0
Nov 14, 2025
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Work life balance is genuinely solid. The schedule is predictable, the workload is manageable, and leadership actually respects your time. Remote flexibility is real, not something they just advertise. The benefits package is strong, and my manager has been consistently supportive, reasonable, and easy to work with. It feels like a place where you can build a long career without burning yourself out.
Cons
Cross functional exposure is limited. As a systems engineer, you mostly stay in the systems lane. There is less interaction with electro mechanical teams, CAD and design groups, and integration and test compared to what you see at more dynamic engineering organizations. The pathways to rotate across disciplines exist, but they are slow and not built into the normal workflow.
3.0
Oct 8, 2025
Good defense company if you can jump through the hoops
Current employee, more than 1 year
Camden, NJ
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Pros
- Flexible work schedule (4/10, Flex 40, etc) - 3.5% raise (more if you're a top employee) + bonus every year - Good health, vision, dental insurance - Great 401k match (LM will match 50% of the first 8% you contribute, totaling 12%) - Slow and steady career growth (if you're into that kind of thing) - Easy to transition to other teams if you want different work depending on the time of the year, there are many opportunities to learn new stuff - LM will pay some amount towards a Master's degree if you want one - Modern and clean offices/locations
Cons
- People transition off of teams like flies and there are usually no back fills (it makes sense if you understand that one of the only ways to get a significant pay increase in LM is to jump to another team/leave the company) - Promotions do not increase your current salary by 10%+ unless you're a top employee, it's a fixed number (MES base salary has been 96k for the past couple of years with no inflation adjustment) - Forget about negotiating your salary to HR unless your manager does it for you and backs you up at the same time
1.0
Oct 21, 2025
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The pay can be decent if you’re able to negotiate salary. Some flexibility in work schedules.
Cons
The workload placed on employees is completely unsustainable. It’s not possible to stay on top of the workload and manage a portfolio in a reasonable 40 hours. People - including managers - contact employees at all hours. During dinner, while on PTO, over the weekend, when we’re supposed to have this mythical “off-Friday” we earn for working a 4x10 schedule. So many employees I talk to are expressing the same feelings. Severe burnout, physical symptoms of extreme stress, inability to keep up. Leadership just keeps cutting staff through attrition and not backfilling. They expect people to ramp up output with AI while not dedicating resources to on-boarding AI. It’s a “do more with less” environment. Totally unsustainable and severely damaging for employees’ mental and physical health.
5.0
Sep 25, 2025
Interesting work, good managers, positive atmosphere, up to date technology
Current employee, more than 10 years
Orlando, FL
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I like Lockheed - I find the work meaningful and worthwhile... managers and superiors are very sane - and policies and training reinforce that sanity. I've learned a lot and I can see that more hard-core developers are also hands-on with up-to-date web and server technologies. Benefits (401k, health, etc) are excellent, adding to total compensation.
Cons
Hey, it's a big company - you could land in a job you don't like or that doesn't fit you - you could get a bad manager/superior - that has happened to me occasionally. And with business ups and downs, you could see layoffs - but even those are handled in a civilized manner (IMHO). Hard to call out and *real* cons.
4.0
Dec 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros
Great 401k match Off Fridays
Cons
Incompetent or inexperienced managers on some teams
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